Jays power appears in NY for 8-7 amazing win by Jays in extra innings.

Jays v Yankees. Game one of three. Jays stumble in to New York, fortunate to leave Baltimore with only two losses and reprieve for later in September for the final game when we assume and hope that this team will be a lot stronger than they are now. Lots of rain in the area with Isaac making its way north. Could be more rain outs in this series which will also be fine in one respect. And that is to get the injured back in the lineup. Tonight one more is back, Adam Lind. DH tonight to take some pressure off the back. On paper Jays will end this series on 10 game losing streak. Right now just not in the same league as the Yankees. But as always the game still has to be played on the field not on paper. Lineups: Jays: Davis, Rasmus, Encarnacion, Lind, Escobar, Johnson, Torrealba, Sierra, Hechavarria and Alvarez pitching. Only two rookies in the lineup tonight but without Jose, Lawrie, Arencibia, and Cooper. Yankees: Jeter, Swisher, Cano, Teixeira, Granderson, Chavez, Martin, Ibanez, Suzuki, and David Phelps pitching. Not a bad guy to have in number nine spot. Ichiro. Top 1st: Davis, fly ball to Granderson in centre, one down for Rasmus. No more cornrows. 1-2 count, takes strike three, two down. Encarnacion, lazy fly ball to Granderson to end the inning. Three up and down. 8 pitches, ho hum. Bottom 1st: Jeter, grounds to Escobar, throw to Edwin, one down. Yunel showing some life and energy on that play, is that a message? Swisher, grounds to Edwin takes it himself Swisher thinks it a foul ball, sorry, two down. Cano, 3-1 count, this one is trouble, hammers it to centre and this one is over the fence and into the bullpen, 1-0 Yankees. Teixeira, fly ball to Davis in left for the out. Pitch count 17. Top 2nd: Lind, long time since we had that name in the lineup. WOWEEEEEE Adam lines this one to centre, and into the same bullpen as Cano, just like that. HOME RUN Jays. 1-1 game. WOW !! Escobar, first pitch lines it to centre for the out, one down. Johnson, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging, two down for Torrealba. 1-2 count, goes around for the strikeout. Pitch count 20. Bottom 2nd: Granderson, full count, grounds to Johnson at second, throw to Edwin, one down for Chavez. Grounds to Alvarez, knocks it off his pitching hand, ouch bounces to Hech no chance for throw and Chavez to first. Should have let it go through Henderson. Escobar was right behind him. Trainer and Farrell out, but ok. Martin, now you need ground ball Henderson, lines first pitch hard to Sierra in right two down. Ibanez, shift right on. Hech to shallow right. 0-2 count, strikes out swinging wow on three pitches, great pitch. Pitch count 28. Top 3rd: Sierra leading off. Full count, grounds back to Phelps, throw to Teixeira at first, one down. Hechavarria, 2-2 count, nice, grounds it up the middle and Cano no chance for throw. One on one down for top of the order. Davis, 0-2 count, grounds to Cano to Jeter but no chance to get Davis for the out, not even close. One on two down for Rasmus, will Davis go? that’s the swing Colby, but not this time as it goes foul to right, but that great swing is what we want to see from Colby. 1-2 count, whoa great eye on that one, very close 2-2 count. Not this time strikes out inside. Pitch count 40. Bottom 3rd: Ichiro leading off, not bad for number nine. Jays would love that luxury. Lines it to right but right at Sierra for the first out. Jeter, first pitch pop up to Rasmus in shallow centre. Two down for Swisher. 2-2 count, grounds to Johnson, throw to Edwin. 8 pitch inning, very nice Henderson. Pitch count 36 after three innings. Top 4th: Encarnacion leading off. 1-2 count, grounds to Cano at second, throw to Teixeira, one down for Lind. 3-1 count, goes the other way to left with this but Ibanez makes the second out. Escobar. Grounds first pitch to Chavez at third, throw to Teixeira at first, very close and almost beats it out, Yunel is hustling tonight, good to see. 50 pitch count. Bottom 4th: Cano, 2-2 count, gets hold of this one, hammers to right, this one is out of here, home run number two. 2-1 Yankees. Teixeira, hits that one off his foot and that really hurts. 3-1 count, outside ball four. Teixeira still worried about that foot or toe. Granderson, 1-2 count, fly ball to center for Rasmus to make the out. One down for Chavez. 2-1 count, lines to Davis in left. Two on for Martin. 2-1 count, oh boy, lines it off left leg of Alvarez, this one bounces to Sierra into shallow right, Teixeira scores 3-1. Here comes trainer and Farrell. No, he is out of the game. Yet another injured Jays pitcher. Laffey to pitch. Ibanez, runners at the corners. Chavez at 3B. This could be the game right here. Grounds to Johnson, throw to Escobar for the out, no chance for double play as Chavez scores. 4-1 Yankees. Ichiro. 0-2 count, grounds to Hech at 3B throw gets Ichiro at first to end the inning. Nice throw Hech. Top 5th: Jays have another uphill fight, but they should be used to those by now, every game recently. Teixeira out of the game now with the injured toe. Nix at 3B and Chavez to 1B. Johnson, 3-0 count, outside ball four, leadoff walk, Phelps has been sitting a long time with at last inning. Torrealba, low ball one, 2-0, six in a row, I like Torrealba taking them, situational hitting. 2-1 count, YES YES YES, YORVIT the man, drives it hard to right and Ichiro watches it fly over his head, into the seats, here comes Kelly here comes Yorvit Torrealba and 4-3 game now. Love it. Sierra, bounces it up the middle to Cano, throw to Chavez at first for the out. Nice defensive play. Hechavarria, one down. 0-2 strikes out swinging. Top of the order, Davis, two down. 1-1 count, grounds to Jeter, throw to Chavez at first to end the inning but Jays have made it more interesting. 66 pitch count. Bottom 5th: Laffey has to hold them here. Top of the order Jeter. full count, inside ball four. One on for Swisher. 2-1 count, Oh no, hammers this one high to left and over a leaping Davis at the wall into the seats, 6-3 Yankees. Cano already with two, not this time grounds to Escobar, throw to Edwin for the out, Cano not exactly hustling down the line, interesting. One down. Nix, full count, high ball four. How many times have we seen this from Jays pitchers, unable to close it down when they get runs back. Granderson, one on one down, first pitch swinging, high fly ball to Rasmus for the out. Chavez, 3-1 count, high ball four, two on for Martin. Laffey not long for this game pitching like this. Walton agrees here he comes. Two on two down Martin. High ball one, outside ball two, there’s a strike, fly ball to Sierra in right to make the out. Top 6th: Jays have to come back for a third time. BUT they have been trying to do it for the last month now so nothing new and one night they will. Rasmus leading off. There we go Colby, lines it into right, easy isn’t it? Edwin one on, Yankees crowd gone very quiet. 1-1 count, wow almost beaned Butterfield as he dives to the ground to avoid that bullet from Edwin. 1-2 strikes out. One down. Lind, 2-0 count, lines it to centre but Granderson makes the second out, Escobar. Can he move Colby over? 2-2 count, strikes out swinging. Pitch count 80. Bottom 6th: Jones pinch hitting for Ibanez, high fly ball to right, Rasmus and Sierra, and Sierra dives at last minute to make the out, almost a nasty error. Ichiro, grounds it back to Laffey, nice stab with the glove and throw to Edwin for the out, nice play by Laffey. Two down for Jeter. Full count, OUCH, yet another line drive back at the pitcher, off his foot, this time he recovers and throws Jeter out. Laffey doing it himself here, much better inning for him but is it too late. Top 7th: Jones now in right field. Ichiro moves to left. Johnson leading off. 1-2 count, whoa that looked like a strike from here, right down the middle, not so says the ump. 2-2 count, grounds to Chavez at first, takes it himself, one down. Torrealba, nice, singles into right, two hit night for Yorvit. That is the end of line for Phelps. Sierra one down. Cody Eppley now pitching to get the two rookies. 1-2 count, grounds back to Eppley, fumbles it and throw to first, no chance for a double play as Torrealba makes it to second on the fumble by Eppley. Hechavarria, with runner at second in scoring position. VERY NICE HECH, lines it to Ichiro into left, here comes Torrealba to score. Great at bat by Hech, 6-4 game. Davis now, Yankees bullpen working fast. 0-2 count, strikes out swinging but the Jays will be pleased with Hech two hit night. Bottom 7th: Steve Delabar now pitching. Swisher, full count, great pitch inside strikes out swinging. One down for Cano, full count, outside ball four, semi-intentional walk there. One on one down for Nix, 0-2 count, fly ball to Sierra in right, two down. Here comes Farrell. Sorry Steve. Aaron Loup now pitching to Granderson. lefty lefty matchup. 0-1 count, fly ball to left for Rasmus to make the out as Davis also converges. Need a traffic cop out there tonight. Top 8th: Big bats for the Jays but can they come through here? Colby has a hit but not Edwin. Rasmus leading off. David Robertson the setup guy now pitching. Drives it hard to centre but Granderson is there for the out., One down for Edwin. 0-3 tonight, high fly ball to centre for Granderson two down. Lind, singles into left, opposite field hit, two hit night for Adam. Escobar, two down one on, he singles in to left, nice at bat Yunel. Two on two down for Johnson, go ahead run !!!! wow. Nice to say at least. No pinch runner for Adam at second. 1-2 count, inside 2-2, up high, strikes out swinging to end the inning. Bottom 8th: Chavez 2-2 count, what is this with Yankees, lines it right back at Loup, hits and bounces away to Escobar, no chance for a throw, here comes Farrell and Loup is out of the game, third time tonight a Jays pitcher has been hit. Brad Lincoln now pitching. Martin, bunts to Lincoln, high throw but Edwin makes the out, one down. Chavez at second. Jones, 3-1 count, grounds back to Lincoln, throw to first, two down. Chavez to third. Ichiro. 1-1 count, perfect, grounds to Escobar, long throw to Edwin for the third out. Yankees unable also to bring in the leadoff runner, moral victory to Jays pitchers. Top 9th: Unfortunately not the part of the order you want but then again who ever knows with this team. Soriano now pitching. Only two blown saves out of 35. Torrealba, full count, strikes out swinging. One down for Sierra, lines it back up the middle, rookies have no fear of reputations. One on for Hech. Two hit night tonight. Pops this one up to Cano at second. Two down for top of the order, can Davis get on now? 0-4 tonight. 0-2 count, YES Rajai, singles into left, Sierra all the way to 3B. Rasmus now with two on. Davis now giving Soriano something to worry about,. WWWWWWWOOOOOWWWWEEEEE Colby, love it. Huge swing to right This one is OUT OIF HERE watch it all the way, Colby, way back in the second deck. Wowee. Jays fans love it. Listen to them. Going crazy.7-6 Jays, Edwin now, full count, strikes out swinging but Jays fans LOUD and Soriano blows his third save of the season to the bottom club of the division. WOW, you never know in this game. Bottom 9th: Casey Janssen, has not pitched in a long time, and facing top of the order. Jeter, OH BOY, drives this to right and this one is out of here, home run Jeter and ties the game up 7-7. Both closers blow saves. Swisher. 1-2 count, strikes out swinging, one down for Cano. Grounds to Edwin. Nix strikes out swinging. Problem with Janssen is that with seven straight losses he had not been pitching and it showed. Did not get the job done though tonight. Top 10th: Rapada now pitching, Lind, strikes out, one down. Lowe now pitching. Escobar grounds to Jeter, throw to first, two down. Johnson, 1-2 fly ball to Ichiro, Jays go meekly and quietly here they are very deflated after that blown save, from high to low in five minutes. Bottom 10th: Darren Oliver now pitching. Granderson, full count, strikes out swinging, going for the fences as they say, not tonight Curtis. one down for Chavez, takes strike three, two down for Martin, 1-2 count, grounds to Escobar, throw to Edwin, off the bag but Edwin tags Martin on the arm for the out. Oliver did his job but the cards are stacked now against the Jays. Bullpen is getting very thin and Jenkins had a lousy outing in Baltimore. Top 11th: Bottom of the order for Jays. Lowe pitching. Walton tapping Ricky Romero, will he be pitching if necessary ? Torrealba, does it again, singles in to left. Third hit of the night, wow. Sierra now, he has power. McCoy pinch running for Torrealba. OH wow, throw over gets away and McCoy all the way to 3B. Wow. Jays have to make this one count. 90 feet away, and nobody out, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging. Hechavarria, one down. Perfect, grounds to third McCoy holds, throw to first, and now here comes McCoy on the throw to first, and slides and beats the throw from 1B, 8-7 Jays, two down for Davis. Pops it up to Nix at 3B for the out but Jays have the lead again. Bottom 11th: Mathis catching Oliver still out there. Pops it up to right and Sierra makes great catch at the wall and overbalances falling over but the first out and that is all that counts. Ichiro, ball four, loses him. Jeter one down, 0-2 count, grounds to Johnson, throw to Escobar to get Ichiro, no chance for two. Two down for Swisher. Jeter at 1B. Strike one, 1-1 count, strike two, 2-2 count, full count, STRIKE THREE Jays win !!!!! Look at those Jays players. Long time since we saw the outfield celebration jump. The losing streak is over and Jays have beaten numero uno in Yankee Stadium coming back all night to win this one. This has to be THE very best win of the season for the Jays. Nobody would have given them much chance tonight and falling behind 4-1 and 6-3 and then the Jeter home run to tie it up when they had gone ahead for the first time. This one is what they call character building friends. Without any contributions from Jose or Edwin they score 8. How do you account for that? The baseball gods smiled at last on the Jays. Note: Teixeira injury now decsrbed as a calf injury and will go on the DL> The excellent: Colby Rasmus, since his injury, much maligned by everyone deep in hitting slump, striking out time after time, unable to swing to the right, tonight an emphatic three run blast to right and off ace closer Soriano, to put the Jays ahead once more. Lind first at bat after DL the home run. Torrealba two run home run to get Jays back in it. Hechavarria two hit night and important run to get Jays within two. And let’s not forget pinch runner McCoy run to win this thing, kept his head, and came home when it counted. And of course let’s not forget Darren Oliver. Two shutout innings for the win. But tonight the whole team, well maybe not Casey Janssen who chose a bad time to blow save number three, but again he had not pitched in save situation for a very long time. Jays outhit the Yankees but it was the distribution that I liked. Zilch for Edwin, ditto Johnson, BUT Torrealba 3, Lind 2, Hech 2, Rasmus 2, and Sierra 1. That is great contribution. Home run power from Lind, Torrealba and Rasmus three run shot and off Soriano no less. Delabar, Loup, Lincoln, Oliver, 5 shutout innings between them. Not so good: Yet another injury, this time to Alvarez.